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Why is Vietnam so poor while Vietnamese are so smart?

为什么越南这么穷，越南人却这么聪明?

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Harley Bui

1000 years of Chinese rule

over 50 years of french rule.

20 years fighting against america

20 years suffer from america’s embargo

1，中国统治了1000年

2，法国统治了50年

3，与美国作战20年

4，20年的贸易禁运

Anonymous

I’m Vietnamese but I don’t think we are smart. Here’s why I don’t think we are smart:

1.When foreigners tell us they bought something from Vietnam, Vietnamese always say “You got ripped off, I can get it for cheaper”.

Well.. what can I say, they are duing their own products and create impression that people can spend as least as possible in Vietnam. No wonder why Vietnamese tourism ministry keeps complaining that tourists spend lower in Vietnam than other countries ($8 billion vs Thailand’s $52 billion!!! And even countries with less tourists earned more than Vietnam, for example Indonesia at $15 bln!!!). This is unlike other people who are smarter than us, for example, the Thai, they really know how to get money from tourists well.

我是越南人，但我认为我们不聪明。以下是我认为我们不聪明的原因:

1.当外国人告诉我们他们从越南买东西时，越南人总是说:“你被敲竹杠了，我可以用更便宜的价格买到它。”

嗯. .我能说什么呢，他们正在贬低自己的产品，并制造出人们可以在越南尽可能少花钱的印象。

难怪越南旅游部一直抱怨游客在越南消费比其他国家低(80亿美元，泰国是520亿美元!!甚至游客较少的国家也比越南赚得多，比如印尼赚了150亿美元!!)。这和其他比我们聪明的人不一样，比如泰国人，他们真的知道如何从游客那里赚钱。

2. When selling things, Vietnamese always want to sell for cheaper price than competitor. But this makes everyone’s price goes down and everyone gets lower profit, especially when they’re selling the same things.

When I was in Thailand, all vendors sold at roughly the same price. No one played dirty and went half price on the others. Even taxi drivers were consistent in the way they ripped people off. Tourists had no choice but pay for an overpriced tuk tuk. More money for Thailand.

3.Vietnamese nationalism is really stupid. It is misplaced nationalism. Does Vietnamese nationalism help Vietnamese? No not really, Vietnamese still watch Chinese movies (while protesting Chinese technology and businesses which some are good for Vietnam), drive Japanese cars, wear American brands, listen to Korean music. Meanwhile Vietnamese nationalism goes crazy and create fake news, rioting and protesting, and spreading fake news and bad mouthing Vietnamese brands (!!). Then complain why Vietnamese brands can’t grow or produce good products (!!!). Same for music and movies, always haters, then complain why Vietnam can’t produce good music.

Say they hate China but are against everything Chinese influence that is actually good for Vietnam, while watching repetitive Chinese dramas (that even the Chinese government has banned) and reading Chinese gay novels, and some are even supporting Chinese phone brands over Vietnamese ones (!!!)

2. 当卖东西的时候，越南人总是想以比竞争对手更低的价格卖出。但这会让每个人的价格都下降，每个人的利润都更低，尤其是当他们卖同样的东西时。我在泰国的时候，所有卖主的价格都差不多。没有人玩肮脏的把戏，降价到别人的一半。即使是出租车司机，他们赚钱的方式也是一致的。

游客们别无选择，只能花钱买一辆价格过高的嘟嘟车。

3.越南民族主义真的很愚蠢。这是错误的民族主义。越南民族主义对越南人有帮助吗?不，没有帮助，越南人仍然看中国电影(同时抗议中国的技术和企业，其中一些对越南有利)，开日本汽车，穿美国品牌，听韩国音乐。与此同时，越南民族主义变得疯狂，制造假新闻、骚乱和抗议，传播假新闻和诋毁越南品牌。然后抱怨为什么越南品牌不能成长或生产出好产品。音乐和电影也是一样，总是有讨厌的人，然后抱怨为什么越南不能制作出好的音乐。

说他们讨厌中国，反对一切对越南有益的中国影响，但同时又重复观看中国电视剧。阅读中国同性恋小说，有些人甚至支持中国手机品牌，而不是越南手机品牌。

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4.Complain why infrastructure and big projects don’t get built fast, but refuse to move when the government compensates them. Even when the government pays them a lot of money plus give them a residence. Then complain why big projects cost so much money and so many delays because of land acquisition problem. “Giai phong mat bang”, the dreaded words. If all Vietnamese think for the big picture, Vietnam would be a much better place

5.Not accepting responsibility. Say it’s the government’s or other’s fault when it’s actually our fault. Honking on the street, littering everywhere, selling fake food, bribing traffic police, grabbing stool and running away from police when you’re not supposed to sell food on the pavement (then complain about why Vietnam is so messy, why so many vendors on pavement, no space to walk..)

6.Think everything foreigners say is right. Without questioning. Even when they wrongly criticize Vietnam.

Historically we have not been a very smart nation, actually too proud and stupid.

4.抱怨为什么基础设施和大型项目建设得不快，但当政府补偿他们时，又拒绝搬迁，即使政府给了他们一大笔钱，还给了他们一处住所。。然后抱怨为什么大项目要花这么多钱，为什么因为征地问题而拖延这么多时间。如果所有越南人都着眼大局，越南将是一个更好的地方。

5.不接受责任。说这是政府或其他人的错，其实是我们的错。在街上按喇叭，到处乱扔垃圾，卖假食品，贿赂交警，抢座位，在人行道上非法经营时，躲避警察(然后抱怨为什么越南这么乱，为什么人行道上有这么多摊贩，没有地方走)。

6.认为外国人说的一切都是对的。绝对服从，即使他们错误地批评越南。从历史上看，我们一直不是一个非常聪明的国家，实际上太骄傲和愚蠢了。

If we were smart history wouldn’t be what it was for us:

we should have opened up and learned from Western technology like what the Japanese did. Instead Vietnam closed off and became a hermit kingdom like China. Japan industrialized, while Vietnam became backward and could not fight against colonialism.

After Viernam war, we should have left the capitalist class of South Vietnam alone, instead of doing the capitalist purge.

After the Vietnam war, we shouldn’thave gone to war with China. Probably also stay out of Cambodia and focus on rebuilding the destroyed economy. We should have implemented Doi Moi and not planned economy at roughly the same time as the Chinese. This means we would have an extra decade of growth. Plus without the capitalist purge, South Vietnam’s companies and industries could have still stayed intact.

And now in the 21st century, we are still too short sighted to recognize our faults. I would say Vietnamese are not smart, we are cunning and sly. Qualities that although might seem to yield positive short term benefits, I don’t think they are positive for long term growth.

如果我们是聪明人，历史对我们来说就不会是现在的样子:

1，我们应该像日本人那样开放并学习西方技术。相反，越南封闭了自己，成为了一个像中国一样的隐士王国。日本实现了工业化，而越南则变得落后，无法反抗殖民主义。

2，越南战争结束后，我们应该对南越的资本主义阶级置之不理，而不是进行资本主义清洗。

3，越南战争之后，我们不应该和中国开战。或许也应该远离柬埔寨，专注于重建被摧毁的经济。我们应该和中国人差不多在同一时间实施经济革新，而不是搞计划经济。这意味着我们将有一个额外的十年的增长。此外，如果没有资本主义清洗，南越的公司和工业可能仍然完好无损。

在21世纪的今天，我们仍然目光短浅，没有认识到自己的错误。我会说越南人不聪明，我们很狡猾。虽然这些品质可能会带来积极的短期利益，但我不认为它们对长期增长是积极的。

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